High Flying Speedsters Team Roster

 

1. Waqas Sattar
2. Adeel Altaaf
3. Saad

4. Imran Hasan
5. Aeraj Ul Haque

6. Kamran Ahmed Gul

7. Faraz Arif
8. Hamza

9. Mohammad Haroon
10. Faheem Aslam

11. Faizaan Siddiqui

12. Anees

 

PUCC Indoor league Spring 08

High Flying Speedsters – Team Stats

Batting

Batsman

Team

Innings

N.O

H.S

Total

Average

Faraz

Speedsters

8

1

24

85

12.00

Imran

Speedsters

4

 

7

25

6.25

Waqas

Speedsters

8

3

26

119

24.00

Aeraj

Speedsters

4

1

13

29

9.67

Saad

Speedsters

5

1

19

45

11.25

Kamran

Speedsters

4

 

26

51

14.33

Haroon

Speedsters

2

 

1

1

0.50

Anees

Speedsters

1

 

0

0

0.00

Adeel

Speedsters

3

1

11

8

4.00

Omer

Speedsters

3

1

7

18

13.00

Hamza

Speedsters

4

1

20

21

7.00

Faizaan

Speedsters

1

1

0

0

 

Ramiz

Speedsters

1

 

2

2

2.00

Faheem

Speedsters

1

 

9

9

9.00

 

Bowling

Bowler

Team

Matches

Inn

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wickets

Economy

Adeel

Speedsters

8

8

29.3

1

120

16

4.16

Saad

Speedsters

8

8

24.2

0

142

12

5.96

Imran

Speedsters

6

6

15

0

112

4

7.57

Kamran

Speedsters

7

7

12

0

71

7

5.91

Aeraj

Speedsters

4

4

15.4

0

67

8

4.28

Faraz

Speedsters

6

1

1

0

7

0

7.00

Omer

Speedsters

3

3

9

0

46

3

4.83

Faheem

Speedsters

1

1

3

0

16

0

5.33

Faizaan

Speedsters

2

2

3

0

27

1

9.00

 

High Flying Speedsters - Will second time be a charm?

Of the many talented teams in our league, the cognoscenti believe the high flying speedsters to be the first among equals. A heady mix of pace and swing bowling and a deep and dangerous batting line-up make this team one of the top contenders for the most sought after cricketing trophy on this side of the Wabash.

Adeel and Aeraj form one of the most lethal opening bowling pairs in our league. A left hander, Adeel has the uncommon ability to take the ball away from right handers, even while bowling around the wickets. The angles that are created pose difficult questions to the top order batsmen, and more often than not, the result is a dreaded walk back. The other half of the opening show, Aeraj, likes to fire the ball into the batsmen’s legs. Just as the poor batsman decides to play a wristy one, the ball starts to swerve towards the slips, leaving the stumps shattered or catching the edge of the bat on the way to the keeper. This opening act is followed by the steadiness and the accuracy of Saad and Imran, who are adept at picking up the remaining pieces. For the most part, the quality of the bowling ensures that the batsmen don’t have too much to chase. However, lest anyone thinks the batting is a pushover, this team has one of the deepest batting lineups.

At the top of the order, Faraz combines a good defense with elegance in stroke-making that is the hallmark of several lefthanders. Waqas is an attacking and an unconventional batsman who loves to manufacture shots while Kamran comes in and usually gives the team an impetus towards the end. These stroke-makers are able to ply their trade, knowing fully well that in Imran, Saad and Haroon, they have people who can consistently rotate strike, and keep the scoreboard ticking in any situation. This is a team where everyone can contribute with the bat, and that makes them deadly dangerous.

The speedsters cruised through to the playoffs without losing a single game last season. Unfortunately for them, they ran into the two time defending (and eventual) champions, Virtual Reality . They began the current season with a resounding revenge over Virtual Reality and apart from a loss to the top seeded underdogs, have blown away opponents until a surprise loss last week to the Bullets. As with any good team, we believe they will quickly regroup and come playoffs, they will be ready to make amends for last season, and go deep.